Emery County Progress | 1904-09-24 | Page 2 | Cremated Alive

CREMATED ALIVE horrible death of a nevada PaIn painter terp who was literally roasted alive A special dispatch from re reno ne tada yada says john stafford an employee ot of the standard mining company located I 1 near brodie just over the nevada neveda I 1 line met a frightful death staf lord tord wae was literally roasted to death in the interior of a big pipe line though living when reached he died some time erard ard after suffering terrible agony the young man was engaged in painting the interior of a big pipe line being constructed by the comp company amy he was using a pa marafine lne paint in some planner manner the inflammable fluid caught fire the interior was soon a mass of flames fellow employees were at first attracted to the scene by the emoke and later by the young mans man s tries it was found necessary to burst the pipe before he could be rescued from he the blazing furnace